Hay-carrier.



H. L. FERRIS. HAY CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1913.

1,126,435 7 Patented Jan.26, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LITHO., WA$HING TON. D. C;

H. L. PERRIS.

HAY CARRIER. APPLIOAITION FILED NOV. 11, 1913.

1,126,435. Patented Ja11.26, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS co. FHOTC-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D. C

H L. PERRIS. HAY CARRIER. APPLICATION IILED NOV.'11, 1913.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTYLLITHQ. WA5HING7UN D. C.

' To all whom it may concern UNITE s'r rEs I PATENT OFFICE.

: HENRY L, reams, or HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 HUNT, HELM, FERRIS &

' coMrANY, or HARVARD, ILLINOIS, a CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

' HAY-CARRIER.

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hay carriers, and 1s fully described and explained in the. specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which'- I H Figure lis a side elevation of my improved device, showing the same rigged with rope; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section, showing-the device rigged with cable 5. Fi 3 f is a similar view with the fork pulley released and lowered, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 6 is a track upon which is a trip block 7, having a cam surface 8 to raise the trip-member, and stopsurfaces 9 to engage the trip-member when raised to prevent longitudinal movement of the carrier on the track. I

10 is the carrier having rollers or wheels 11 running on the track, and to the carrier 10 is swiveled a frame 12. The frame has, at its two ends, sheaves 13 and 1.4, which are adapted to receive between them a block or fork pulley 15 and to the frame of which is secured a clevis 16 adapted to receive a fork. Pivotally mounted in the frame on longitudinal pivots are locking dogs, each of which has an inturned hook 17 adapted to engage the frame of the block or fork pulley 15, as shown in Fig. 2. Each has, also, an inwardly-projecting finger 18, the two fingers 18 lying in horizontal position when the dogs are in an engaging position. Each dog has also an upwardly projecting part 19. The arrangement is such that when the dogs swing toward locking position, they are lim' ited in their movement by engagement of their upper parts with the frame. When they swing away from engaging position, to the position shown in Fig. 4, they are limited in their movement by engagement of their lower parts with fingers 20 integral with the frame, the construction of said fingers being shown in Figs. 1 and 4:.

The trip-member of the device is indicated by 21 and is guided to move vertically in the carriage, the same being provided with in- Specification tr Letters Patent.

is a section on the line 3, Fig. '1.;'.Fig.

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wardly-projecting pins 21, which engage the trlp-block in accordance with common practice. Swiveled to the lower end of the tr p-member 21 is a lever 23- pivoted to the frame which, when the dogs are in engaging pos tion, can lie therebetween.

When the device is strung up with rope. the arrangement is that Shown in Fig. 1.: The rope is knotted at one end and threaded between one of the sheaves and the frame, the knot operating to limit the movement of therope, and the free end is led through the block or fork pulley 15 and over the sheave13. I 1 1 The operation will be obvious to any one familiar with devices of this character.

hen the trip-member engages the tripblock, the parts are as shown in Fig. at. The tripunember is thus elevated, the lock ingdogs are freed from the lever 23 and the devlce Is held from longitudinal movement on the track. Of course the trip-member cannot fall because the lever 23 then engages with the upper surfaces of the dogs. When the block or fork-pulley 15 is elevated with its load, its frame strikes the fingers 18 on the dogs, swmging the dogs into locking position and permitting the trip-member to drop, and .this releases the carrier in the usual manner. When the carrier is returned to the trip-block on the track, the parts will return to released position and the forkpulley can be drawn down.

If desired, the present structure can be turned end for end through the medium of the swivel or, as is sometimes done, the rope can be pulled through so that the structure can be used from either end. Of course, in operation only one of the sheaves 13 and let is effective at the Same time.

In certain parts of the country, there is a very large demand for carriers which are operated with wire-cable instead of with rope. This cable is necessarily of much smaller diameter than the rope and it is highly desirable to provide means for using cable and rope interchangeably with the same carrier. This is accomplished in the present structure by providing in each of the three sheaves a narrow central groove 26 such as that shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. Further to adapt the structure to the use of a relatively-small cable, there is provided at one end of the frame a pivoted stop-plate 24 through which the cable passes, a button 25 on the cable engaging therewith to limit its movement.

I realize that considerable variat on 1s possible in the detailsof the'pres'ent construction without departing from the spirit thereof, and I do not intend therefore tdliniit myself thereto,,except as pointed out in the following claims, 'in' which my intention is to claim all the novelty inherent in the construction as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

I claim as new ter-s Patent, V

'1. In a hay carrier adapted to be operated by means of a rope or cable, an elevating sheay e and a fork-pulley, the sheave of the fork-pulley and the elevating sheave being provided on their peripheries with broad ropea'eceiving grooves, and each having at its center a narrow shallow"cable-receiving groove, :forthe purpose set forth.

2. A hay carrier adapted 'to be operated with rope of large diameteror'with wire cable of small diameter, having a frame proand desire to secure by Letand with central a fork-pulley providd with a sheave, both of said sheaves"being 'provided on their pel ipheries with broad rope-receiving grooves shallow cable receiving r e s- 3. A hay carrier adapted to be operated with rope of large diameter or with wire cable of comparatively small diameter having, in combination, "an elevating sheave, and a fork-pulley provided with-fa sheave, said sheaves having broad peripheral ropereceiving grooves, each of whichis provided with a "central sh allow cable,' an'c;laf perforate-member adapted to upport one end of t'he cable, "substantially as'set forth. r

' In'testimony whereof I h-zwe hereunto set myhand'this 21st day of October, 1913. 5 HENRY L. FERRIS.

In presence of two subscribing witnesses:

' STUART F. LooHAN'oE,

j W M. A MUELLER."

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